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February 9, 2012
Dear Parents,
It has been a stellar week.
Science
Ms. Powers has my core class working in the tech lab studying the stars. I have had her class with me learning about waxing gibbous moons and figuring out why the light on the moon’s surface always seems to go from right to left. Next week, we will switch so I will be working with my core class. By the way, what a gorgeous full moon we had this week! Ask your child to keep an eye on it and watch it change across the weekend.
Handwriting and typing: we are continuing our work in handwriting using our clock letters. I'm seeing a real difference – though everyone needs practice to be more consistent. We will be starting with Type-to-Learn 4. TTL4 is available for your child to use at home. Let me know if you are interested.
Reading:
We have begun a new read-aloud called The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet. Ask your child what is happening so far (Chuck and David, two teen-age boys – are building a space ship out of junk in their garage, and they hope to fly to “a nice little planet – just my size…”).
Reading Assessments: now that the reading assessments are completed, Mrs. Powers and I are very proud of the progress these kids have made in their reading. Ask your child to tell you his or her new “independent” reading level. Email me if your child is not sure.
Variety Show – next Friday (tickets go on sale Monday):
Don't forget that next Friday is the Williston Variety Show featuring our very own Horizon house band with Mrs. Powers, Ms. Rodliff , Ms.Schwartz, Mr. Mozill , Ms. Jacy, Ms. Lemieux, and Ms. Trasciatti-Holmberg, and even Mrs. Rodliff’s husband, Dan, playing drums. The tickets are seven dollars for adults and five dollars for kids. They always sell out, so get them early. The evening is a real blast and an exuberant celebration of our community and the talent of our children.
Sharing (see accompanying Sharing schedule) : we have resumed our sharing, and your child knows his or her sharing day. A new feature is that every week, now, we will have a new sharing theme. Until April vacation, we will share only on these themes. And thank you for not bringing in toys or stuffed animals!
Sharing (see accompanying Sharing schedule) : we have resumed our sharing, and your child knows his or her sharing day. A new feature is that every week, now, we will have a new sharing theme. Until April vacation, we will share only on these themes. And thank you for not bringing in toys or stuffed animals!
Review of our goals: we are looking at our hopes and dreams for this year – the ones that we established in September. We are revising them now, as we reach our goals and set a “spring challenge” for ourselves.
We have been safe, kind, and responsible! Last week, we celebrated a month of great school-wide behavior with 400 kids and adults doing the Hokey Pokey in the gym. Imagine.
I am going to try to sit down with Amy and the kids this weekend, and do nothing. I think you should join me.
I am going to try to sit down with Amy and the kids this weekend, and do nothing. I think you should join me.
Yours in doing nothing,
Mr. Bolger
